By Tommy Acosta(October 16, 2020)Editor’s Note: Tommy Acosta, in addition to being a columnist for Sedona.biz, is a practicing Master Reflexologist of 30 years. He founded the New Canaan Institute of Holistic Health and Reflexology and has written extensively on health issues and holistic approaches. In this article he details the hidden dangers in homes people do not notice that can contribute to the body becoming susceptible to what modern medicine calls cancer and offers suggestions to help lower one’s risks of developing the disease.As a reflexologist I have had many clients with numerous diseases that have responded to the…
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Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward(October 16, 2020)All the candidates are fine except for Republicans Peterson and Sloan. Vote for those two only if you want APS to continue to have sway over the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).Peterson was appointed to the ACC during the Champion Formal Complaint against APS’s last rate increase. Despite all the evidence provided by Champion (and Intervenors, myself included) that APS’s last rate increase was unjustified and wrong, Peterson voted with APS and against ratepayers. Read More→
Sedona Film Festival hosts big-screen presentation of art series at Mary D. Fisher theatreSedona AZ (October 16, 2020) – Sedona International Film Festival presents the Exhibition on Screen series with “Frida Kahlo”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her, but who was the woman behind the bright colors, the big brows, and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the truth behind her often turbulent life.Making use of…
By Viviane Kraus, Youth Services LibrarianSedona AZ (October 16, 2020) – The days are just right for a walk in the park. And what better way to enjoy a book than reading it outside? Combine the two and you get StoryWalk®, a safe activity that all ages can experience on a paved, half-mile path.For another few weeks you can enjoy the Library’s current StoryWalk display “Thank You, Omu!” at Sunset Park, 655 Sunset Drive, in Sedona. It’s a heartwarming story about community, giving, and friendship. Omu is pronounced “Ah-Moo” and means “queen” in the Igbo language of Nigeria. Author Oge…
By Darcy Hitchcock Co-Founder, Sustainability AllianceSedona AZ (October 16, 2020) – Making beer generates carbon dioxide during fermentation but ironically, beer makers vent that gas into the atmosphere and then buy CO2 in canisters to add back into the beer in the finishing stage to enhance mouth-feel and shelf-life. What if breweries could capture the CO2 and then use it? Now they can. More. What is your business wasting and how might it be put to use? Learn more about the Circular Economy opportunities in our region.
Become a Keep Sedona Beautiful Forever FriendSedona AZ (October 16, 2020) – Keep Sedona Beautiful is looking for litter lifter volunteers to cover two open, mile-long stretches of road. The open routes include a portion of 179 and another that starts at the top of Red Rock Loop, from the high school, and continues to the bottom of the hill.
By Ted Grussing… it seems that every time I go down to the lake one creature stands out and offers a series of great shots that stand out more than the others and today it was a pair of Bald Eagles, likely a mating pair, who were hunting one of the bays on the NE end of the lake. They would perch in the shade on the side of a rock cliff surveying the quiet waters of the bay looking for fish and then swoop low across the water, circle and land back on the side of the cliff. I…
Lighthearted, feel-good movie debuts at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre Sedona AZ (October 15, 2020) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning and acclaimed “Fisherman’s Friends” showing Oct. 23-28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.The fishermen of Cornwall are signed to Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties in the lighthearted, feel-good movie “Fisherman’s Friends”, based on a true story.
Camp Verde AZ (October 15, 2020) – On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, the Honorable Michael Bluff of the Yavapai County Superior Court sentenced Jesse Michael Etienne, 21, of Camp Verde, Arizona, to the Arizona State Prison for 16 years. Etienne was found guilty of Second Degree Murder by a Yavapai County Jury on January 31, 2020 and pled “no contest” to the charges of Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, both class six felonies, prior to the trial commencing.
Prescott AZ (October 15, 2020) – Typically, the No Shave Campaign is utilized by public safety agencies around the country during the month of November with a goal to raise money for local charities. For the past few years, Sheriff Mascher has permitted the No Shave campaign to take place over several months towards the end of each year. This allows employees at the Sheriff’s Office to ‘No Shave’ longer while increasing overall charitable donations. This year, on behalf of YCSO employees, the staff was pleased to select the Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) Foundation representing the YRMC BreastCare Center to…
By John Roberts, Sedona Resident(October 15, 2020)Is it the Trump version of immunity ? That’s the one where enough contract coronavirus, even get well and become immune. Scientists do not agree and say this is a crackpot idea.Or is it the herd lining up everywhere to cast their presidential vote ? That is the one Trump ridicules and is trying to discourage because he knows it is predominately made up of democratic like voting – and him out of office.
By Ted Grussing… this morning I got the best coyote shots I have ever taken … perhaps 800 of them as we followed a group of coyotes up and down the shoreline, in and out of small canyons and watched them fishing , eating and playing. In the first of these shots the coyote is in the water looking for breakfast and about 30 seconds later he is exiting the water, heading for high ground carrying a massive fish … not sure what it is, but it fed four coyotes … this guy got first dibs though. There was a…
Winner of the top two festival awards returns to Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (October 14, 2020) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona encore of the multiple award-winning film “The Keeper” showing Oct. 23-28 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“The Keeper” was among the highest-rated films by the audience at the recent Sedona International Film Festival, where it earned the two top festival honors: Audience Choice Best Drama and Best of Fest. It has also won 10 Audience Choice Awards at several prestigious film festivals around the world.He was their enemy … and…
Sedona AZ (October 14, 2020) – Keep Sedona Beautiful, a Verde Valley environmental organization, seeks to recognize individuals, groups, and firms that have made a significant contribution to the esthetics and/or sustainability of our environment in Sedona and the Verde Valley. Each award must meet two specific criteria: a) the awardee’s contribution must reflect harmony with our unique Red Rock landscape; and b) the awardee’s contribution must be such that it inspires others to act in a similar manner. Nominations are being solicited in the following categories: Building and Signage Design, Civil Engineering, Cultural Heritage, Dark Sky Lighting, Education, Environmental…
By Ted Grussing… to remember the camera and I did. The Avocets were back this morning and I got this shot as they were coming back in for a landing where they had taken off from. The patterns on their backs are just amazing and who could not enjoy those long thin upturned beaks?